Example sentences of "they can [not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will only get help if they can not easily realise savings of the person who died to pay for the bill , or if paying for the bill brought their own family savings below £500 . |
| 2 | Because the spores are viable for a short time , Laboulbeniales are effectively restricted to arthropod hosts that have overlapping generations , especially in temperate regions ; that is they can not easily establish relations with those insects in which all the adults die at the end of the summer , with the species surviving in the form of larvae or pupae . |
| 3 | ‘ The authorities responsible have developed so much uncertainty in themselves that they can not even show tolerance and rationality in dealing with our children , ’ the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions ( ZCTU ) said . |
| 4 | They can not readily handle image information except for rudimentary line graphics . |
| 5 | They can not significantly alter labour or commodity markets at a scale relevant to a national , let alone an international , production system . |